The deer and the dragon
Subtitle: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st century
By: edited by Donald K. Emmerson
Contributors: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Publisher: ISEAS Publishing
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9789814951166; 9789814951173
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Foreign relations; Foreign economic relations; Politics and government; Economic conditions; Diplomatic relations; Economic history; International economic relations
Description: This book's expert authors address this pressing question in multiple contexts. What clues to the future lie in the modern history of Sino-Southeast Asian relations? How economically dependent on China has the region already become? What do Southeast Asians think of China? Does Beijing view the region in proprietary terms as its own backyard? How has the relative absence, distance, and indifference of the United States affected the balance of influence between the US and China in Southeast Asia?  The book also explores China's moves and Southeast Asia's responses to them. Does China's Maritime Silk Road through Southeast Asia herald a Pax Sinica across the region? How should China's expansionary acts in the South China Sea be understood? How have Southeast Asian states such as Vietnam and the Philippines responded? How does Singapore's China strategy compare with Indonesia's? How relevant is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations? To what extent has China tried to persuade the "overseas Chinese" in Southeast Asia to identify with "the motherland" and support its aims? How are China's deep involvements in Cambodia and Laos affecting the economies and policies of those countries?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English.
Table of contents: title: Context. 1. The Deer and the Dragon: Asymmetry versus Autonomy / Donald K Emmerson ; 2. China's Changing Priorities in Southeast Asia: Security and Development in Historical Context / Thomas Fingar ; 3. ASEAN-China Trade and Investment: Diversity versus Dependence / Anne Booth; title: Perceptions. 4. China Seen from Southeast Asia: Patterns of Opinion / Yun-han Chu, Min-hua Huang, Jie Lu ; 5. Southeast Asia through Chinese Eyes: A Strategic Backyard? / Mingjiang Li; title: Extensions. 6. "Ambiguity is Fun": China's Strategy in the South China Sea / Donald K Emmerson ; 7. Re-enlisting the Diaspora: Beijing and the "Overseas Chinese" / Geoff Wade; title: Strategies. 8. Coping with the Dragon: Vulnerability and Engagement in Singapore-China Relations / See Seng Tan ; 9. Underbalancing the Dragon: Unstrategic Indonesia / Yohanes Sulaiman; title: Disparities. 10. Who Wins in China's "Win-Win" Relations with Cambodia? A Skewed Illusion / Daniel C O'Neill ; 11. High Modernism in a Small Country: China "Develops" Laos / Kearrin Sims; title: Distances. 12. Distance and Dominance: China, America, and Southeast Asia's Northern Tier / John D Ciorciari ; 13. China's 21st century maritime Silk Road: A route to Pax Sinica in Southeast Asia? / Jörn Dosch , Shannon Cui; title: Restrospection. 14. China's Myanmar, Myanmar's China: Myths, illusions, interactions / David I Steinberg.